Rule Breaker Investing

A Pet Perk doesn’t need to be profound; it's the noticing that makes it profound. This time around, we leave investing and business behind for seven small pleasures and practices drawn entirely from life.
What can a surprisingly good armchair teach us about spending? How might getting “upstream” today make tomorrow better? Seven reminders to notice, appreciate, and occas...

This month, eight correspondents bring us questions and stories from very different points along the Foolish journey. We talk time freedom, indexing in a faster-changing world, investing “miracles,” the rewards of choosing stocks even when the scoreboard disagrees—and the challenge of knowing when patience has simply become waiting.
Plus, a little career advice, a one-ma...

Price per share is only half the story. Multiply it by shares outstanding and you get the number that matters: market capitalization, the market’s current price tag on a public company. And for the 43rd time, it’s time to turn that lesson into a game.

David welcomes Motley Fool analyst Yasser El-Shimy and longtime Fool producer a...

ChatGPT is back on the mound, David is back in the batter’s box, and for the first time in more than a year it’s time for five fresh pitches.
This time, the questions aren’t quizzes—they’re provocations. What advantages did David have as an investor at 30 that he no longer has at 60—and what has he gained in return? Which Rule Breaker principle might prove less durable o...

en years ago, amid plenty of bearish sentiment, David did something unique in the history of his 5-Stock Samplers: he picked five stocks specifically to beat the market over just the next year. The common denominator? Each ranked among the lowest-risk companies in his investing universe.
A decade later, Rick Munarriz joins him to fire up the time machine. Apple, Canadian...